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Themes and Potential Topics
Symposium Presentations
Presentations selected for the 4th National Working Waterfronts & Waterways Symposium will be those that serve to increase the capacity of coastal communities and stakeholders to make informed decisions about the future of their working waterfronts and waterways. The presentations will inform private and public decision‐makers, waterfront land owners and users, communities, businesses, local and state governments, and others seeking to preserve and enhance the commercial, recreational, and ecological value of working waterfronts and waterways. With the authors’ permission, the best examples will be incorporated into the online Sustainable Working Waterfronts Toolkit to live on as models for others.
2015 Symposium Themes and Examples of Potential Topics
Topics listed are for illustration purposes only.
Recreational Boating
- Value of Recreational Boating
- Anchoring and mooring fields
- Access and infrastructure needs
- Marinas
- Waterway maintenance
- Boating safety
- Partnerships with ports to enhance access/opportunities
Waterfront Industries
- Economics
- Infrastructure and dredging
- Funding and financing strategies
- Land Use
- Environmental Issues
- Data & Technology Needs
Working Waterfront Workforce Development
- Maritime labor issues
- Training and education
- Marine trades - boatbuilding, net repair
- Economic value in context of jobs.
- Working with non-English speaking/underrepresented populations
Climate Change
- Climate change adaptation
- Coastal hazards
- Disaster preparedness and response
- Resilience planning, engineering, and design
- Water availability
- Water levels
- Resource protection
Maritime Culture and Heritage
- Tourism
- Historic preservation
- Oral history projects
- Waterfront festivals
Examples from previous symposia include the following topics:
Accessing Capital
Aids to Navigation
Anchoring
Aquaculture
Artificial Reefs
Boat Building & Shipyards
Boating Access
Boating Economics
Boating Safety
Climate Change Adaptation
Coalition Building
Coastal Hazards
Coastal Tourism
Commercial Access
Commercial Fishing
Community Development |
Data & Technology
Derelict vessels
Disaster Preparedness
Disaster Response
Dredge Material Management
Economic Development
Education & Outreach
Emergency Planning
Engineering & Design
Environmental Impacts
Habitats (e.g., seagrass)
Historic Preservation
Land Use
Marinas
Marine Debris
Marine Spatial Planning
Marine Trades
Maritime Culture |
Maritime Heritage
Maritime Industry
Mooring Fields
Ocean Energy
Permitting Process
Planning
Ports & Harbors
Public Waterway Access
Recreational Boating
Recreational Waterfront Uses
Resilience
Resource Management
Resource Protection
Tourism
Waterfront Development
Waterway Maintenance |
Examples of tools and approaches presented at previous symposia include the following:
Advocacy & Lobbying
Best Management Practices
Building Markets
Case Studies
Coalition Building
Community Fishing Associations
Community/Stakeholder Engagement
Conflict Resolution
Economic Analyses
Economic Development Zones
Education / Outreach
Financing
Incentives
Inventories |
Land Acquisition
Land Conservation
Land Transfer
Land Use Policy
Legislative Initiatives
Mapping
Mapping & Visualization
Marine Planning
Mixed Uses
Networking
Non-Regulatory Approaches
Oral Histories
Partnerships
Permit Banking |
Policy & Regulation
Preservation Strategies
Private Agreements
Public / Private Investment
Public Participation
Research Studies
Storytelling
Taxation policy
Technical Assistance
Telling Success Stories
Vision and Value Statements
Waterfront Festivals
Waterfront Revitalization
Zoning |
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